Are differences in seed mass among species important in structuring plant communities? Evidence from analyses of spatial and temporal variation in dune-annual populations

Oikos

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 421-432

  Coomes, David A ^a   Rees, Mark ^b   Grubb, Peter J ^a   Turnbull, Lindsay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DUNE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEED SIZE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRADE-OFF;

ERODIUM; ERODIUM CICUTARIUM; GERANIUM MOLLE;

EID: 0036225377     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2002.960304.x     Document Type: Article

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